
Irish People Found A Major Flaw In Trump's Latest Campaign And You'll Definitely Facepalm When You See What It Is
By Mustafa GatollariNov. 18 2019, Updated 2:21 p.m. ET
When you're an overly critical person, you invite others to be overly-critical of you as well. It's something I learned the hard way whenever I'd be an unreasonably mean jerkface to people.
Sure, I wondered by no one was cutting me any slack but then I realized, oh wait, I'm not cutting them any slack, either. If you take every little thing someone does and blow it out of proportion, they're likely to do the same to you. I was in a place where I demanded the best of others while only putting in a bit of effort myself. Yeah: it was ugly.
So there's a good chance that some people are being a little too overly sensitive about Donald Trump's St. Patrick's edition, "Make America Great Again" hats. But then again, considering his overly critical and oftentimes hypocritical speech, can you really blame people?
The green MAGA hat features Reagan's campaign quote that Trump appropriated on the front, and a four-leaf clover on the back. There's only one problem.
Capture the luck of the Irish with this Make America Great Again Hat. While supplies last! BUY NOW: https://t.co/TbqIm56aoY #MAGA pic.twitter.com/PCZLl7HXdD
— Official Team Trump (@TeamTrump) March 2, 2017
The three-leafed shamrock is the official symbol of St. Patrick's Day. Four-leaf clovers have nothing to do with Ireland.
In fact, the lucky leaf is a symbol of good fortune in multiple cultures. The Shamrock was a favorite plant of St. Patrick as he took it's three leaves as a symbol of Christianity's Holy Trinity. So using the Four-Leaf clover is a cultural snafu, it'd be like making Chinese New Year's hats and putting a Samurai logo on it.
Twitter picked up on the mistake right away and called Trump's team out on it.
Maybe @TeamTrump is trying to Make America 4-H Again? @Steve_mjt pic.twitter.com/Kxko97Loov
— Gina D. 📎 (@GNAdv) March 7, 2017
@TeamTrump They’re going to go fast—get ready for #StPatricksDay by grabbing a green #AlternativeFacts t-shirt! https://t.co/NZ4WWISOcV pic.twitter.com/rUNF0m0aOP
— Hairy Baby (@HairyBabyTees) March 7, 2017
@TeamTrump That's not a Shamrock! Make America Smart Again #MASA not #MAGA
— Oracle Steve (@Steve_mjt) March 3, 2017
@TeamTrump pic.twitter.com/bGiQMjZH1n
— Greg O'Meara (@gregomeara) March 2, 2017
@TeamTrump Delighted you got it wrong 😀our great nation doesn't want to be associated with anything you stand for ☘️🇮🇪☘️ #irish #proud
— Anne M (@AnneOGM) March 3, 2017
@AnneOGM @TeamTrump #alternativeshamrock we have a word for that kind of stupidity too #gobshitery
— Siobhan Cronin (@cronin_siobhan) March 7, 2017
@Steve_mjt @TeamTrump They'll make some claim it was intentional... you know "for luck" LMAO! Everything Trump is crap! Love it!
— Lizz (@Lizzette007) March 6, 2017
@TeamTrump a shamrock has three leaves, not four ☘️
— Clare Murphy (@ClareAliceMurph) March 3, 2017
@TeamTrump We Irish helped make America great. Do us one back by burning all of these. #PógMoThóin
— Sam McGovern (@SamuelMcGov) March 3, 2017
@TeamTrump shamrocks got 3 not 4 leaves ,tell the Chinese factory they fucked up
— Richard boyle (@rgpboyle_boyle) March 3, 2017